Hard Believer

For the song by First Aid Kit, see The Big Black and the Blue.

Hard Believer
Studio album by Fink
Released	14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Recorded	November 2013 in Los Angeles
Length	55:00
Label	R'COUP'D, Ninja Tune
Producer	Billy Bush
Fink chronology
Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2014) Hard Believer (2014) Horizontalism (2015)
Singles from Hard Believer
"Looking Too Closely" Released: 8 July 2014

Hard Believer is the sixth studio album by English musician Fink. It was released globally by Ninja Tune's imprint R'COUP'D on 14 July 2014. ^[1]

Promotion

"Looking Too Closely" was released as the lead single to promote the album on 8 July 2014. ^[2] An official music video for the song, directed by Joffrey Jans and Kai Kurve (Wolf&Lamm Directors Duo), was released onto YouTube on 2 July 2014. ^[3]

On 7 October 2014, a music video for the second single, "Shakespeare", premiered on YouTube. ^[4] It was directed by Oliver Murray. ^[5] An extended play containing remixes of the song will be released digitally on 13 October 2014. ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Believer"		5:26
2.	"Green and the Blue"		6:06
3.	"White Flag"		5:04
4.	"Pilgrim"	Fink, B. Mackichan	7:03
5.	"Two Days Later"		5:41
6.	"Shakespeare"		6:19
7.	"Truth Begins"		5:05
8.	"Looking Too Closely"		5:11
9.	"Too Late"		4:16
10.	"Keep Falling"	Fink, Ryan Keen	4:30

Personnel

Fink

• Fin Greenall – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards
• Guy Whittaker – electric and acoustic bass, BVs
• Tim Thornton – drums, electric and acoustic guitars, BVs

Additional musicians

• Ruben Hein – piano
• Zac Rae – synths and effects
• Mentrix – backing vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9]	61
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	8
French Albums (SNEP) [11]	72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12]	25
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [13]	14
USA Heatseekers [14]	30

References

1. "Fink: The British band who conquered US television". BBC News. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. "Looking Too Closely – Single by Fink". iTunes Store. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
3. "Fink – Looking Too Closely (Official Music Video)". 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014– via YouTube.
4. "The new video for 'Shakespeare': Watch on Youtube". finkworld.co.uk. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
5. "Fink – 'Shakespeare'". 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014– via YouTube.
6. "Shakespeare (Remixes) – EP by Fink". iTunes Store. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in German). Hung Medien.
8. "Ultratop.be – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. "Ultratop.be – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in French). Hung Medien.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Lescharts.com – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer". Hung Medien.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
13. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
14. "USA Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2014.